Tag: melodrama
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The Croft, Original Theatre
Friday 27th March 2020
reviewThis touring theatre’s new tartan gothic thriller is complex, but also a bit ove…
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When the Crows Visit, Kiln Theatre
Monday 28th October 2019
reviewNew play based on Ibsen’s Ghosts is disappointingly melodramatic, emotionally un…
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The Slaves of Solitude, Hampstead Theatre
Monday 30th October 2017
reviewNew adaptation of obscure Patrick Hamilton novel is thinly written and lacks a d…
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Jane Eyre, National Theatre
Wednesday 27th September 2017
reviewWelcome return of Sally Cookson’s stupendous stage adaptation of Charlotte Bront…
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An Octoroon, Orange Tree Theatre
Wednesday 24th May 2017
reviewYippie! American play deconstructs Dion Boucicault’s 1859 melodrama, The Octoroo…
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Widowers’ Houses, Orange Tree Theatre
Friday 9th January 2015
reviewRevival of George Bernard Shaw’s early play about landlord capitalism (and roman…
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The Veil, National Theatre
Tuesday 4th October 2011
reviewConor McPherson’s latest is an intelligent ghost story that doesn’t quite work
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